Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer (Audio)

[@ChannelJeffrey]

i am old. I am at the end of my life now..Wow, what a ride. This song just reminds me of how much time has passed and how quickly it goes. If you are young, Im not preaching and your life is yours to live as you choose, but trust me--The days are long but the years are short.

[@novocanal7153]

His words made me cry.

[@bazmanoid5371]

I feel that. I have blinked and am nearly 40. The time does go by so fast. God bless You in Jesus mighty name.

[@neymaalnajmah2436]

​@@novocanal7153😢

[@PienderZ]

I Hope you had the time of your live and that there will be lots if years of Joy for you ❤

[@NebMunb]

Well put. How old are you if I may ask? I hope you're not suffering from anything serious. My Grandfather is 95, and he recently was told he has a good year left in him. He has lived a great life. A wife of 75 years, 6 grandkids, 1 great grandson, and he has been to pretty much every country in the world. He's a good man, and I'm going to miss him so much when he is gone.

[@daniellechafey4564]

My father was a boxer when in the Marines. He was killed in a accident when my mom was 8 weeks pregnant with me. From what I hear of him he was a huge character and left an impression on everyone he met. Hope I make him smile

[@chriserbeck2699]

I'll bet that you do.

[@Paulco67]

You’re honoring his memory with this wonderful song. He’s gone but not forgotten and maybe he’s smiling down on you

[@DAN_ZEMAN]

If there's one thing on earth that can make a man smile every time its his beautiful daughter... He's smiling back from heaven.

[@chillin127]

He misses you Danielle. He wishes he got to know you. You are worth knowing.

[@philcastellino1052]

He’s looking over you

[@alonzomann8112]

My dad was a boxer in the 50's and 60's. He became golden gloves and spared for Rocky Marsiano. I grew up with this song , became a guitar player and insist on playing this song in the song list in every band I was ever in. Been playing this song for 40 years now.

[@kevinbeyer5451]

Marciano

[@vago65]

Good blessing you guys!!!

[@KodyMartin-zn3kg]

Wow I'm an unlicensed boxer but to have sparred with rocky Marciano wow much respect brother x

[@BrianMcLaughlin-o8k]

Very cool

[@noelbrown6771]

My father, also a boxer in the 50s and 60s left his home and his family in Pawtucket R.I. to box in Los Angeles. I can remember him singing along with this song as a small boy riding in his Chevy Impala together. He left us two years ago. I listen to this song sometimes when I remember him.

[@iahwhite3875]

I used to listen to this song while my father drove me to middle school. We buried him years ago, I think about him every day, and I’m middle aged now. This song reminds me of better times. Once you’re old enough to understand the phrase “you can never go home” it’s too late to do anything about it. God bless you all, do your best.

[@lindavhm7669]

so true

[@donnamariemeehan791]

You are So Very Wise... Thank you it did not go un noticed nor Unappreciated...your Absolutely Right...all You can do is Warn.... again I THANKYOU ❤

[@thommysides4616]

Thank God we have Jesus!

[@rw5067]

Amen!😊😊

[@djshodad]

SO TRUE

[@catmini72]

I just buried my father who passed away, after being diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer 16 years ago. He fought cancer 6 TIMES - and he fought so damn hard. This song gives me comfort and reminds me of his amazing strength. See you on the other side, Dad. ❤ "I am leaving, I am leaving, but the FIGHTER still remains".

[@davidwalker8955]

Condolences to you and your Family .

[@Mr.Beanie77]

Dang he's strong, 6 TIMES!!! Sorry to hear tho

[@parisbrat]

Love and resilience. I wish you peace.

[@dimwitsadvocate6264]

Inspiring, powerful words, catmini.

[@lakeshasimmons6159]

99 3 3:06 c❤❤:06 3:06

[@marcpaultroyer]

My mother used to play this album when it was nap time :) Everything thats good about me came from her. She lost her battle with cancer when she was only 49 in 2005. Everytime I play this she is right there again. Thank you Mom.

[@colletteglennon939]

How dreadfully upsetting to lose a parent-or for that matter anyone close who has been greatly loved and treasured.The only thing is that no-one ever dies whilst there is there is someone around to love them.Bear that in mind and keep strong remembering your wonderful mother

[@adepojuabraham5058]

You are good now and toll the end friend.

[@stevenvanrensburg2938]

I am so sorry for your loss friend.

[@BethanyMarenna]

I am so sorry for your loss, Marc. It was too soon. I can tell from the way you write that she was a wonderful woman who raised a beautiful son with a good heart. May peace always be with you.

[@disasteroid4273]

Oh, Marc. I'm 50 yrs old, and felt every word of that. I feel your pain, bro. Regards, buddy. 👍

[@richardmbowman]

One of America's great poets.....Paul Simon has few peers.

[@barbaradunleavy9192]

Richard Marshall Bowman I agree with you. i just love the construction of his words. i recently bought a book containing his lyrics and I am happy just reading the wonderful words. sheer poetry!

[@quarter_moon_and_a_guitar]

yes, but how could he afford the whores on 7th without a freaking job?

[@TCPPoetry]

A great poet indeed!

[@charliesimmonssr340]

I'm 73 and still love this song

[@anthonynorton666]

Yes, absolutely. When Graceland came out, I couldn't stop listening to the lyrics. I kept playing the tape, and a friend confessed he was obsessed with it too. It was then I knew we weren't alone, and that it could possibly be considered his greatest work. But if you listen to any of his lyrics the poetry is undeniably the work of a great mind.

[@TheSchenectady]

Fight the good fight. We are all the boxer.

[@1.Debrajean]

67, sick,disabled, and lonely. Those chills are running up my spine and around my chest like a squeeze from the past

[@Eassefa]

I am sorry to hear this & felt sad reading it , I hope you have faith; alone but never lonely with God in your life. 🙏🏽 May You find comfort & help in your surroundings.

[@berdyderg900]

​@@Eassefavery convenient that your God is responsible for the good things and none of the bad things, am I right? What a deity, folks, we love him

[@ybr2192]

😓

[@ecouture33]

Please keep faith, for the Kingdom of Heaven for you is at hand! God Bless you!

[@wayne5511]

I hearing ya bro, i try to keep the head n mind active n song like this

[@stevenelson3515]

In my opinion, one of the greatest songs, of any genre, ever made.

[@Marth66666]

Not an opinion, that’s a hard fact.

[@musiccollector]

@@Marth66666 AMEN!

[@anpad9793]

Chanson éternelle 🙏🙏🙏

[@beatafiejdasz4983]

100/100.

[@michellemurphy9134]

You should listen to bridge over troubled waters and others....

[@dakhla3254]

I am Moroccan from north Africa. I learnt the lyrics of this song by heart in the eighties. It is one of the best songs ever made in history. It reminds me of my youth, my innocence, my family, my old friends. It reminds me of life when it was real and original.

[@federicoalfaro7991]

Brother life is stillreal and original.......it is up to you....good luck!!!!!!

[@장효섭-i5w]

me too

[@tomevans4402]

Beautiful

[@kathleenbartlett9510]

Dude it's still ORIGINAL!!!!!!

[@andrewmurray5542]

​@@federicoalfaro7991 well said!

[@FolkRockCountryCollection]

When this song was at its height, my sister was 19 years old, dying from cancer. I was 17, and left school to spend a dreary winter with her in a Chicago hospital where they were doing experimental chemo. Late night, we'd order a pizza to be delivered to the ER in the basement, because nobody was allowed on the 8th floor cancer ward that late. We'd ride the elevator down and back, harmonizing this song together. She died too soon after that. I'm in my 70s now, but when I hear this song, I'm 17, in an elevator with great acoustics, holding a pizza, and singing my heart out with my best friend.

[@ernestnhonest7436]

Beautiful but sad story. Thanks for sharing the story!

[@deborahpaley21]

omg, that's so beautiful, what a story, thank you for sharing that xoxo

[@itsyeboijosh4488]

you made me cry

[@patriciakelly9847]

Thank you for sharing your beautiful sad memories. Just watched Harmony on Sky Arts and discovered the big drum sound in between La La La, was recorded right outside an elevator in Columbia records.

[@sandraegan3374]

Thank you for sharing such a precious memory - it is beautifully remembered --I bet she is still with you in essence / spirit --what ever you chose to believe, and you honor her in your love and loss evident in your words.

[@kenphillippi2822]

My father passed away last week at age 90. He was a champion amateur boxer and loved this song. He was a boxer and even moreso, a fighter. We played it at his funeral as he is truly "going home."

[@jeandistefano5486]

Your father will always be with you. Gina in lights

[@jamesslick4790]

WOW, That's truly beautiful! Your dad won all the rounds. (People NEED to play their loved ones favorite records at funerals!!!) He won, Got the belt 10/10 👊👊 Sounds like a champion!

[@jenibfb]

Sorry for your loss. My father died when he was 48. Many years ago. Still think of him often

[@redrumdrumkid]

Sorry for your loss My mother died since 7 years

[@thisisme3238]

Condolences to you and your family for the loss of your father. May he always rest in peace. 🙏

[@kumar107]

"In the clearing stands a boxer And a fighter by his trade And he carries the reminders Of ev'ry glove that laid him down Or cut him till he cried out In his anger and his shame 'I am leaving, I am leaving' But the fighter still remains" Just one of the great lyrical passages ever.

[@nhdarling2]

Absolutely

[@lancemurdoc6744]

By a mile...it give me chills and make me cry..I got too many related memory.

[@stephanienewhouse2056]

It is my life.

[@markthompson1977]

I think it has always been my favorite part of that song.

[@simbadooo9055]

It's also very relatable after you leave combat sports. You can never get rid of that urge and that passion.

[@tommyv8777]

62 years old, still gives me chills in 2023.

[@DarrenHarmer-yr1tj]

Yes totally true dude Aussie

[@amelialindsay5678]

When I was little I thought this was the saddest sounding song I ever heard and it still is

[@tommyv8777]

@@amelialindsay5678 It has elements of triumph and perseverance but I agree it's mostly sad.

[@StofleTheBadger]

It’s beautiful you just have to listen and understand who you are lol

[@sidnotvicious8442]

I'm 65 and ut sounds to me as good as when it first came out.

[@Just_a_Funny_Woman]

I’m 16 years old and I can’t stop listening to this I absolutely love this song!!

[@mansiederidder]

And there is so much more good music from that time to discover. Have fun

[@StephanieSmith-tr5kn]

I was a teenager over 40 years ago when i discovered their music. It spoke to me then an still does.

[@riproaring3140]

I was the same at age 16. That was in 1971.

[@smithpm81]

you have amazing musical taste, i am 58, the musical future is safe in your hands x

[@theGimp999]

Great era of music 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@scruffyp9480]

It's cool being a young person and stumbling across stuff like this. It's like music from another dimension

[@MSCATBAR]

I'm glad you found it...being young and Simon and Garfunkel go hand in hand. Full of hope and idealism, but not blinkered optimism.

[@ariannalejeune3784]

so truehrusah - rah

[@zulu-pictures]

Cool! I'm a teen and I love S&G music, too.

[@VegetaSoup]

You know, this is like the mature version of the comments saying "I'm (insert age here) and I like this music, not (insert generic modern pop singer/group)!" I applaud you for that.

[@victorbarearivera7893]

I am in their dimension cause I'm a dimension traveler. I think we all are.

[@w0rkaholic]

That was my mum's favourite song. She passed away two days ago. Rest in peace and thank you for everything! I love you mom, will never forget you 💖

[@williamallwood2157]

I'm sorry for your loss, she chose her favourite song well

[@buddytrim]

Sorry for your loss.

[@lakrone1]

Sorry for your loss my friend……time passes so quickly

[@carlastead3086]

Sorry to hear that..my mom left over 15yrs&I Hope she as at peace

[@nathaliemurguet1635]

Listening to this masterpiece will always remind her, and moments you shared. So sad for you

[@DavidCurryFilms]

"Still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest." Ain't that the truth 😂

[@KathieRopele74]

absolutely the truth.

[@KurtHansonIan]

Depending on context because everytime, at the moment, which of the two participants in actuality knows "the truth." The victor only will speak of "a truth." The vanquished are quelled for a time, 'tis all. Onward …! 🍺 + (💁🏻‍♀📝) = ⁉

[@kilroy1964]

Yup it's called confirmation bias.

[@LynnRank]

You know today thinking of a friend those lyrics came into my head, i am 73

[@Raz.C]

I dunno, I rather think those are the actions of a boy and that a man has learned the value of the truth and the importance of hearing it, despite their own personal feelings towards it.

[@patriciafoster3347]

The original recording of “ The Boxer” is one of this duo's most highly produced and took over 100 hours to record. The recording was performed at multiple locations, including St. Paul's Chapel (Columbia University) in New York City and Columbia studios in Nashville on a 16-track recorder. The song has only one drumbeat, played during the 'lie-la-lie' refrain. The session drummer Hal Blaine created the heavily reverberated drum sound with the help of producer Roy Halee, who found a spot for the drums in front of an elevator in the Columbia offices. The recording of the drum was recorded as the song was being played live by the musicians. Blaine would pound the drums at the end of the "Lie la lie" vocals that were playing in his headphones, and at one point, an elderly security guard got a big surprise when he came out of the elevator and was startled by Blaine's thunderous drums. The chorus consists of repetitions of the non-lexical vocable "lie-la-lie". Simon stated that this was originally intended only as a placeholder, but became part of the finished song.

[@DianneWing2]

Never gets old.

[@jimphilipp2063]

We were blessed in the sixties and seventies. Our lives were set to the greatest music ever written or performed.

[@feethurt69]

what a beautiful way of putting that, thanks.

[@jenibfb]

Aye aye!!

[@colinsmith8891]

Well said Jim

[@randy5655]

It's the sixties again and I'm laying out my winter clothes wishing I was home.

[@445ndohenydr.4]

Damn right, Jim. Songs like this are equal to the best of Mozart and Beethoven.

[@TopsideCrisis346]

Lately, it seems like this generation doesn't put a lot of stock in history. Songs like this remind of of why history is important. Not just world history or national history - personal history, where each of us comes from as individuals, and how that informs our decisions and ultimately shapes where we are going. Songs like this are history, and they deserve to be appreciated, not just for their artistic beauty, but for how they have contributed to our lives.

[@thommysides4616]

Amen!

[@ericbarrone4130]

Theyve been locked up as kids since Dr Phil and Media shamed Free Range Parenting. 20 year olds now dont know how to talkcat work. Work or use any type of tool such as a hammer, box cutter knife or screw driver. The gens underneath will be more useless to society

[@texassparky]

Masterpiece.

[@jeongbinh860]

This is not just a song, this is life.

[@alexandrerocha7897]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@ignaciorodriguez7415]

nice words, korean friend

[@jamesslick4790]

It is VERY descriptive of MY life. It's kind of my "theme song" even if I was only 3 year old when it came out. IT IS LIFE

[@christophersmith9613]

Exactly. Well said friend.

[@heidelberg2358]

Simon and Garfunkel in my opinion r the best duo that ever teamed up. great harmonies, songs that meant something and all around great team

[@Lisaandcrew2468]

Just fought the breast cancer battle. I'm here and grateful. I always feel like so many went through so much more. Had double mastectomy and radiation but no chemo. Song definitely picks me up and reminds me of good times

[@elijaht3174]

Glad you’re here, keep fightin❤️

[@TonyEnglandUK]

Man, Lisa, I don't even know you and I'm so proud of you ❤‍🩹

[@joekrepps]

Grateful you're still here with us!

[@ronaldminty8085]

As it should and it does

[@droyston3631]

God is GOOd GOD BLESS YOU💜💚ALL❤️

[@kjellhl1975]

Simon and Garfunkel is, without a doubt, the very best music the USA has produced.

[@UncleGwendolyn]

Errrrr have you never listened to Kanye? No, me neither.

[@aidandatari2147]

I think imagine dragons comes close tho.... after S&G a definite favourite

[@UncleGwendolyn]

@aidandatari2147 I appreciate that opinion is entirely subjective, but this particular opinion is frankly ludicrous. Imagine Dragons 😂

[@hendrikdebruin4012]

@@UncleGwendolyn I agree where is "Bridge over troubled waters" equivalent from anyone?

[@manoelamanuca4239]

Concordo ❤

[@McDeedlit]

My dad just passed away today and this was one of his favorite songs. This one is for him, may he rest in peace, he deserves it after losing three kids. Will never forget and never stop loving you.

[@p.w.5199]

Rest in peace.......and may God bless your Pop

[@andywinslow9638]

May he RIP

[@EuphroseneLabon]

Deepest sympathies. May his soul rest in peace. (My brother's favourite song and he died in 1974.)

[@paulmccormick6986]

The fact that this was posted 5 years ago and still gets 5-10 comments a day says music is still alive. This was a great song when I was a young man and will be a great song 100 years after I am dead.

[@GeorgePMusic]

for sure.. its just timeless and eternal to be honest

[@ΒασιλικήΤουρατζίδου]

Brilliantly put. We're here for but a short time,but some of us manage to leave something which will last forever. And this is one example.

[@vanessaparker6232]

It means it is true art and not just a noise.

[@ARUNSHARMA-ld6df]

There is something divinely beautiful in this song

[@gritaheylsdottir]

Most likely. Some songs will survive the test of time.. not many.

[@WallRedd]

First time I heard this song was when I was a very young African boy growing up in a tiny village called Ikot Uboh in Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria. It touched something inside me and still does today. That "something" is the animating life force that runs through all living beings throughout the entire universe. Anybody who quarrels with IT is just wasting his or her time. Nobody can disconnect living beings from one another.

[@aubreyelaine1123]

💜💜💜💜

[@TopherHess1974]

Much love

[@ssy12335]

What a true and lovely comment.

[@mayas61]

I am 58 . I live in Venezuela . and it touched me all long time ago

[@TheFinemocha]

Its s great song. I loved it in 9ja too

[@Rave0851]

I am 72 yrs old. As a native New Yorker, not only do I relate to this song, it could have been written about me. My 3 favorite song writers are: Bob Dylan, Robt. Hunter and Paul Simon.

[@HelenKirkland-qn1dx]

Fantastic company 🙋‍♀👋

[@johndouglass3691]

I once drove Art Garfunkel from Detroit to Ohio and he sang some of his songs for me on the way. Best tip I ever received. A private concert by Art. Really nice man.

[@youssef11223344]

What an honor

[@muunankari7322]

"..... in the clearing stands a boxer and fighting is his trade, and he carries the reminders, of every glove that laid him down, and cut him till he cried out, in his anger and his shame, i am leaving! i am leaving! but the fighter still remains...." Such a powerful verse. If you reflect about life most of us are the boxer this songs is talking about. Life has dealt us blows and at times in our lowest forms, we cry out how badly we want to quit this life, but at the end of the day we still wake up the following morning and live. Because fighting is our trade and it is only real fighters who remain standing. My our strengths be renewed every morning and for those who are going through tough times, remember you are a boxer and fighting is your trade. Keep on fighting.

[@csm5040]

Those are beautiful words

[@wendydebois1685]

Yep, we have to get up and keep going, not give up!! No matter how hard life can be. Thankyou for those words😊

[@Hannah-ks4mi]

Very thoughtful comment. Thank you.

[@alarsonious2071]

By the lie.

[@ksc743]

Muuna Nkari thank you for your words. Just what I needed right now.

[@edwardblythe16]

I'm 70 now but when I hear this song it takes me back to my youth. no regrets.

[@stevewiles7132]

An era of song, an era of fun, an era fading with our passing, thank goodness we were there.

[@mikespeer9231]

I hear ya buddy, I'm 68 and it does the same to me, times were better then, glad I lived in that era.

[@mikespeer9231]

I hear ya buddy, I'm 68 and it does the same to me, times were better then, glad I lived in that era.

[@troyyang3703]

I discovered this song in high school over 50 years ago.

[@Frenite]

“A man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest” That couldn’t be more true today

[@slitbodmod5555]

I guess people don't change, we create fantastic technology to talk to each other from sides of the world and still have nothing good to say to eachother.

[@spaceflight1019]

@@slitbodmod5555 , it was never like that on amateur radio. Maybe it was appreciation for all of the effort you had to put in to talk with someone outside of your "fishbowl".

[@spaceflight1019]

It's not a recent thing. You hear what you want to hear based upon your beliefs and life experiences.

[@Gommerell]

@@slitbodmod5555 Good point.

[@carolynfry4797]

True words were never spoken!

[@blacklavendar6492]

My dad grew up listening to S&G in his teens. He would play them at home and in the car on our road trips to Michigan from Oregon. We would blast it loud and sing along together. I lost him in 2017. He meant everything to me. Now I listen to this music and tear up... but also makes me happy.

[@brianhiggins7994]

Dad had very good taste 💚🙏🏼✌️

[@fariesz6786]

S&G, Elvis, and Dean Martin were what we'd listen to on trips to Greece when I was a little kid. I'm sorry about your dad. I lost mine when I was 15. But I'm glad you have sweet memories of him.

[@georgefleming6058]

Some of the First music I remember from my oldest brother coming from his bedroom I lost him all the way back in 83 to suicide Bridge Over Troubled Waters was one of the songs at the memorial service so I to get teared up when I hear S&G

[@jondickers156]

So sorry for your loss.

[@onepunchbean5460]

Sorry for your loss man, sounds like he was great.

[@richl6966]

A fricking masterpiece. These boys did so much for music but nothing these days can hold a candle to this. Wonderful.

[@patgipps2407]

EXACTLY RIGHT

[@patgipps2407]

So true

[@sanderwissink5330]

I dont understand the use of the word BUT here. It usually indicates some form of contradiction, yet you state two obvious compliments towards S&G. The word AND would have been a better pick....otherwise I fully agree with you.

[@todddenio3200]

Disturbed does an incredible job on The Sound of Silence, and equals Simon and Garfunkel on it and many even say Disturbed does it better but I say equals them. They were and still are the best harmonizing duo ever and probably always will be

[@TheBede5]

True!

[@poom641]

When you get older hearing this can bring some tears , because you're reminded of hearing it as a child and seeing your mom walk around the house doing chores, caring for you and your family . And now hear it but she's gone, & the memories of her image and the sound of her voice is forever in your memory. I visited her 2 weeks before she died over 2 decades ago, she was down to 70 pounds from the horrible 'chemo' treatments they poisoned her with , my blood seemed to drop thru my body to my feet in shock when i saw her. I now wish i'd have wrapped my arms gently around her frail shoulders for a much longer time back then and cried for her , with her and held on for a long time to express to her how much i loved her.

[@mikemahoney6840]

WOW!!

[@migm7428]

Heartfelt...Our dear mothers. Like no other love.

[@Random_user_8472]

I love you brother 🙏

[@timmiller7338]

Take heart brother, 2023 AD , Praise God, Amen! Take it easy

[@migm7428]

Just had to read this again. I feel very much the same.

[@lisaayers345]

My daughter was born to this song. The surgeon played it. Her dad was a boxer in the Navy.

[@eddiepower3876]

Why would there be music playing in the maternity as your wife was giving birth? Surely for something as serious as that your poor wife would be better off with the sound of silence?

[@thommysides4616]

@@eddiepower3876 Lol.... You got me on that one. I was going to write back how rude you were.... ha ha! But I don't think listening to "Hello darkness my old friend" would suit a birthing..... lol.

[@bluewaterBill99]

@@eddiepower3876 Music brings back to a special time. My oldest daughter was born they play "don't it make your brown eyes blue". My wife hated the song and I liked but music brings back good memories regardless.

[@briancox9357]

Their music seems to combine hope and sadness so perfectly. Art Garfunkel is one of the greatest male vocalists I've ever heard.

[@garyschardt3450]

Yes Hope !

[@supergillou6596]

Nach Freddy Mercury, mein Freund, nach Freddy.

[@MrsSlocombesPuddyCat]

Agreed Brian

[@henrytidd7540]

Yes, next to Paul Simon. Of course, both of them are history, but they had some great songs

[@brahim119]

*@Brian Cox.* Indeed the best ballad about poverty and loneliness . It is truly a magnum opus.

[@favfern1]

In 1968, I was a very young International Flight Steward with QANTAS - the Australian airline. It was one of my very first trips to New York where we always stayed at the Lexington Hotel. I am not sure if the dear old Lexington is still there, but many great times were had there in the late Sixties by the crews from QANTAS and BOAC (now British Airways). I jumped into the crew bus at JFK Airport, and stashed the multiple bottles of Piper Heidsieck champers that we all took off flights back in those days under my bus seat --- but THEN heard the most magical song over the public address system of the bus! Yes, it was Simon and Garfunkel singing "The Boxer"! I was entranced. This was the most beautiful song, with the most beautiful lyrics, I had ever heard! I am now 74 years old, and haven't visited New York from Australia in decades --- but EVERY time I hear the original version of this song, I am transported back to a QANTAS crew bus in 1968!

[@Anthony-uf3oz]

What a great story ! Mr. Butler,please come back and visit us ! The Lexington Hotel is still there !!

[@frankvandenboogaard945]

The boxer iz airborne 2... Love from holland

[@kenportugalete5794]

Nostalgia is our best friend 👌🏼

[@juliewhite917]

What a life you have lived

[@paulmorson7402]

68 was the year I was born. Love this song. Great story thanks for sharing it.

[@youforget1000thingsaday]

This song got me through homelessness. One of the most touching songs of all time. I can't hear it and not cry.

[@susanh326]

Bless you

[@majkoamirkaharnuskovci8356]

wow. Bless you!

[@thenameofthegame4037]

God bless

[@jimiworkhorse2212]

Homeless having to steal and hunting small game to survive shouldnt be normal for a 5 year old in this Country But becoming more And more

[@rotcod2886]

Hope things are going well for you now, brother.

[@inyaainusbrokinov7005]

I have been loving Simon and Garfucker since 1977!

[@alanwalter1145]

I'm 70 years old I grew up with this music. I still love it.

[@artharris2537]

Me too. Simon & Garfunkel were the first live act I saw as a 15 year old in 1967.

[@robertcarpenter6410]

So you're still into the music that you banged to while you were younger. Congratulations. So is everyone else.

[@kadrisolmaz6102]

Yes l do love Turkey

[@walteradams3654]

Graduated in '70 born '52. What a reminder that we had the best music growing up.

[@kadrisolmaz6102]

@@walteradams3654 🤗🤗🤗

[@georgeevangel1184]

The Boxer” is a character study: a young man disappointed with the world leaves home while still a child, and tries not to draw much attention to himself, because he knows he will be accepted or at least ignored if he stays among “strangers” This song is about a melancholy adventure through life. The entire song is a metaphor about how life is a boxing match against not only the people fighting against us but also ourselves. All the cuts and marks the boxer carries are symbolic of all the times that life has tried to get him down, and even though he sometimes feels like giving up, he never will because he’s a fighter.

[@joserafaellluberesreyes]

Great, that was what I looking for

[@Socooomfy]

George Evangel Kickboxer: The Story of Jean Claude Van Damme. Jokes aside, this is literally what happened with him. Took his bags and headed to Hollywood and was rejected, didn't fit in.

[@jewelmarin472]

I love your analysis but I always believed this song captured the essence of failure: how it feels, the experience of feeling stupid in retrospect "all lies in jest still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest", and giving up while still fighting. At the end the lyric "until he cried out in his anger and his shame: I am leaving I am leaving though the fighter still remains" shows he has given up, he is going home, but he will always fight because that's part of the human condition. This is my go to song for hard times in my life because it helps me grieve the dreams I have to let go of for better things to arise.

[@MartyKeegan]

Thanks for the explanation. Can you now explain what a sunrise is?

[@r.wetzel1332]

My, aren't we evangelistic! Thank God we have someone out there who is able to interpret lyrics to a Top Ten 45rpm from the antiquated music of a bygone era! I'll bet your family and friends would be so very lost if you weren't able to discern the hidden meaning of the lyrics. High Five!

[@steveturpin4242]

Paul Simon...one of the great poets of his generation.

[@ppp7277]

of any generation

[@crystalmozinski1573]

Absolutely ❤❤

[@jimpinkey8382]

One of the greatest American poets ever

[@mariannorton4161]

@@jimpinkey8382 They never did as well apart as they did together.

[@vittoriosansone8387]

Autori come loro, pieni di lirismo e spiritualita' oltre che di cultira, non esistono piu'.

[@tomparker5934]

I originally heard this song on the radio in Montreal during late 1979. I am at a loss to explain why I still feel choked up from re-listening many times already. The lyrics pack quite a punch. How many viewers agree?

[@edp9821]

You're not alone. There are many songs I liked for decades but nowadays get me emotional due to changed. Photograph by Ringo Starr is one. The Boxer is another. The story is about how he was being treated by the critics and how he wanted to leave the limelight but he wasn't going to go away. So the boxer is a metaphor in the song. Keep your stick on the ice.

[@feliciagaffney1998]

It's a beautiful song and sung with emotion. And the orchestra evokes more emotion and passion. This is my favorite S&G song... and has to be played LOUD.

[@edp9821]

@@feliciagaffney1998 Definitely

[@carolmorrison6075]

It has always made me cry too

[@Truth1981]

Totally agree it hits me every time

[@RonniePullen]

Surely one of the greatest song writing duos ever.

[@jonncockrell3606]

Paul Simon wrote the songs-Garfunkel just sang them. It was all Paul Simon otherwise.

[@MichaelHoare-bh5pg]

@@RonniePullen That's right Paul Simon wrote the songs,Art Garfunkel provided vocal harmonies occasionally taking solo vocals like on Bridge over Troubled Water, Sounds of Silence or For Emily wherever I may find her.

[@Debra-f3l]

@@RonniePullen the symphony adds so much! Greatness abounds.....

[@michaelgaskell7408]

Art Garfunkel added much more than just vocals,nevermind that he apparently never wrote,or helped in writing any lyrics.Without Garfunkel,there would have been no Simon and Garfunkel',shame on you for your appalling short-sightedness.​@@MichaelHoare-bh5pg

[@michaelgaskell7408]

​@@jonncockrell3606By Jesus, what an utterly unthinking comment.Shame on you.

[@nathanwanner..44]

I still can't listen to this song without breaking down and weeping at some point it is one of the most powerful songs ever written

[@julianlavalley7454]

I have been practicing singing and this is one of the hardest songs to sing because at times my voice cracks while i sing it

[@jeanneMN]

@@julianlavalley7454 💞💞💞💞💞

[@Quake120]

I cannot listen to this song without shedding at least one tear. I've been listening to this my entire life, starting from when my dad would listen to it in the car when I was a kid and a teenager. It's such a powerful song.

[@cherokeegypsymama]

Same! It reminds me of my late daddy😥

[@tomparker5934]

Right on! I feel the same way.

[@jameshoward79]

Seven years ago I finished up graduate school. I left school thinking a decent job was my birth right. Wrong. I worked several minimum-wage jobs, and I also spent a year unemployed. I would listen to this song at the library in between my job searches. I took a humble comfort from the song's grittily beautiful lyrics. I then found a job working as a janitor at a psychiatric hospital. I spent 40+ hours a week cleaning and hauling garbage. A year passed, and then I became an orderly at the same hospital. I've been spat on, punched, and scratched by psychiatric patients, but somehow I have survived. I have obtained a strength that I had never envisioned, but which I now cling to as eagerly as a blanket on a winter night. I have spent the past few months recovering from abdominal surgery, a surgery with complications that almost killed me. I have my scars, both mental and physical. Looking back on these past seven years is like looking down a long corridor, and from time to time these lyrics reverberate from the past and into the present : "In the clearing stands a boxer, and a fighter by his trade/ And he carries the reminders of every glove that laid him down or cut him 'Til he cried out in his anger and his shame I am leaving, I am leaving, but the fighter still remains." Thank you, Simon and Garfunkel.

[@annemariegutteridge4696]

James, what a beautiful, profound sharing of lived experience! You have lived through it all, there wont be much life can throw at you that you wont be able to handle, and by this honest, heartfelt exposure, you give others hope and confirmation that it is possible. Go well be blessed and keep inspirung.

[@martinocanto3220]

Hats off. I'm so happy I have come across your story here... It's a great source of inspiration and motivation for me to carry on. I wish U all the best!

[@blaksavbath3416]

lol

[@srenmller2887]

Hi Man Sometimes life just give you the shitter and you are broken. Lo and behold, there is always a workaround. I lost my job to the corona devil master. Now i work as a work-man paid on the hour, and i hate it. I have degrees but they are not sought after so i continue to do my job. I know this is not very helpfull to your situation but you can never give in. Cheers mate.

[@beckyknight1219]

Your story is amazing. God, I am so proud of you!

[@kevinoconnor2454]

"A man (person) hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest" is such a meaningful line.

[@Po1itica11yNcorrect]

That line certainly aged well. Probably now more than ever, as people seek out an echo chamber to validate their beliefs rather than have their opinions scrutinized.

[@jimferguson762]

Very. True!!

[@ramroshan417]

This is honestly one of the best songs ever! It's a shame people hardly listen to S&G anymore.

[@berdyderg900]

Wtf are all these comments? This specific page alone hosting this song has over 80 million views, who are all these dolts thinking they're special for knowing about this forgotten gem that is still on the radio regularly ???

[@adamseward4713]

I live in Peru. They are big here.

[@zipsmith893]

I have Greatest Hits Disc. It us my Car Music as I go down life's roads. I still listen and sing with my them. These songs were my teen years songs. From Junior High School through the Viet Nam years and way past there.

[@zipsmith893]

​@@berdyderg900Your Profile icon is a Big Capital letter "A". After reading your snarky post Thanks for acknowledging your TRUE SELF. A GREAT BIG "A"!!!......HOLE

[@Richard-xb4zc]

I'm People and I'm Listening still!!!

[@jennawest5279]

I have lived this song, in some ways. Ran off from home (Virginia) at age 18, spent a miserable but very educational 6 months in NYC (1969) - the fault is my own, not the city's. If you flip a little bit from the experience of a young boy to a young girl, you'll get it. Now, I can listen to it with fond memories of what I suffered, and what I learned. Thank you, Paul, and NYC.

[@raycooper9806]

Sometimes misery and hardship help us to appreciate even the smallest of comforts later on.

[@jennawest5279]

Yes, Ray that is so true. I learned it the hard way, but often the hard way is the only way your hard head will learn ...

[@NEILBSMITH]

'69 was a tough year in NYC. We're better now, come back for a visit.

[@valkor73]

+Jenna West wow

[@michaelmyers5183]

+MaximumLemons because paul wrote the song and art didnt

[@davidtraynor9134]

Some days I have to remind myself that the fighter still remains

[@kevinhull6453]

So true

[@imranhussein3908]

😢

[@teresatorres3760]

I too must remind myself of this often.

[@nancycrockett3444]

Always been 1😉😍😣

[@piamessing4730]

Please, don't forget it. Kind thoughts to you.

[@Casey35516]

Paul Simon not just a great entertainer but a great poet.

[@knlii]

I am still poor boy after 50 years ...life goes on....happy new year 2020 to Everybody .....love and peace

[@roymu5545101]

..your story seldom told...

[@brewer7604]

We in same page , happy holidays

[@aadboomkever8633]

Mardzy _ why ?

[@trendslifestyle7589]

if you ask me you are rich, not just in physical money

[@royh4305]

Keep on hoping and pushing, as I am doing!

[@ed52369]

Paul Simon: one of the greatest American songwriters/composers. Timeless.

[@adamdorgant9454]

Agreed!!!!

[@Meneervdberg]

Joined by Brian Wilson, Bob Dylan, Frank Zappa, Tom Waits etc etc.

[@yatinbansal8326]

Art Garfunkel the only vocalists who could sing these songs.

[@ericburns9132]

​@@Meneervdbergand John Lennon and Paul McCartney too

[@Meneervdberg]

@@ericburns9132 Not american! But Paul McCartney is the greatest songwriter in the history of the world!

[@spursmonkeysays8943]

“All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest” What a killer line and like all great poetry, so true.

[@user-xi7hz3qu2j]

Like the way that people embrace the policies on one political party over another... All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.

[@keithrodgers4080]

"...pocketful of mumbles Such are promises" This song mares me weep

[@Burt472]

The naked Truth.....

[@evelina787]

So very very true 🙏✌️🙏

[@louisemcgrath1138]

How true, always been the same

[@zeitakuu]

My husband and I went to see them in concert when we were dating in 1969 in Chapel Hill, NC. They were so great! We got married the following year and remained married for fifty years until his death in 2020. Every time I hear one of their songs it brings back great memories of dancing in the kitchen!

[@steveattison6944]

The gun shot drum sound in the chorus gets me every time. Absolutely chilling

[@seamasrigh2162]

That sound is actually the door of St Patrick's Cathedral in NY slamming shut, recorded inside the church. Always reminds me of when someone would drop a kneeler on the floor, almost the same.

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

It's the bass harmonica, played by Charlie McCoy, that really stands out.

[@minty_Joe]

@@ClassicTVMan1981X Hal Blaine on drums!

[@GhastlyCretin]

@@seamasrigh2162 I don't think that's the case. Some of the song was indeed recorded there but that gunshot snare sound was recorded by drummer Hal Blaine in front of an elevator in the offices of Columbia records.

[@davidniedjaco9869]

@@seamasrigh2162 yep..heard that many-a-times..cradle catholic here

[@marcuspaiva9117]

"Im leaving , Im leaving, but the fighter still remains" Epic

[@trishdivinewilder]

Yes!

[@ElusvOptmst1]

This song reminds me of my father. He enjoyed boxing as a sport. Smoked pipes and cigars. A genius. Gifted with natural mathematical abilities, photographic memory, but worked for the US Government Postal Service for over 30 years. A complex individual, but a jovial soul that could tell interesting stories and kept everyone laughing had wit and intelligence. Fought in the Korean War, it took its toll on him with bouts of temper issues causing divorce. Still love you dad. You are missed in more ways than one for you were a true fighter!

[@meifert2]

Michael Kelly not robots at all. If you want to see robots go to any high school or college and witness the brainwashing going on.

[@GeorgeSemel]

I knew a few guys like you dad, gee my farther when I was young I only saw him in a suit and tie, then one day my brother kicked a hole in the wall of moms house- they were divorced. Dad took a look at it this was on a Saturday, I will come by on wed and take care of it, He came in coveralls and some tools, and with some flats chicken wire and plaster of Paris, he fixed the wall the why walls in houses were done 100 years ago. And to this day you can't tell where the damage or the repair was made that was in 1965 by 1967 dad would pass away. It's those little things, your Dad seems like the kind of guy all you have to do is just ask. I was blessed with a few Uncles that were like that too.

[@conormalanaphy3739]

This comment section has been filled with pure manure

[@valkor73]

ppl forget what they do to vets menatily

[@liveinhim7979]

I don't understand your emotion. But I would like to give you this expression that your father is real winner. I love you. Encourage him to love all.

[@KarlEbert-xl5ey]

Still great all these long years after we were young. Peace.

[@Parasmunt]

The conclusion with all the instruments combining and the fog horn is one of the most beautiful things in music.

[@sanderwissink5330]

I agree! its one of the most beautiful endings of all..BUT..if you listen closely;at the end they dont play differently than during the song. it repeats a few times, its just when everything else fades down you hear how beautifully harmonious the guitarplay is. ...btw....if you love beautiful endings I advise '' the man is too strong '' from Dire Straits.

[@franciscote9886]

It's an industrial folk song before time.

[@TheEmpressReborn]

You're so right. I'm guilty of going to the start of that section and listening to the buildup over and over again.

[@brendenmoore5513]

I get incredibly emotional during this part of the song. The older I get the harder it hits and the harder it becomes to listen to this around people without tearing up to it.

[@Rose-dl6kk]

Hard to believe there was an era where music like this once existed. What happened?

[@oriolejb9774]

Modern music lost all of its meaning and uniqueness. So many artists in the modern Era sound the same due to globalization and it makes me sick. Old music has that uniqueness in every artist's sounds though, giving it its amazing touches and sounds.

[@dbcooper8676]

Laziness

[@Hey_Blinkin]

The internet.

[@alpine1600s]

And that, I think, was the handle-that sense of inevitable victory over the forces of Old and Evil. Not in any mean or military sense; we didn’t need that. Our energy would simply prevail. There was no point in fighting-on our side or theirs. We had all the momentum; we were riding the crest of a high and beautiful wave. . . . So now, less than five years later, you can go up on a steep hill in Las Vegas and look West, and with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water mark-that place where the wave finally broke and rolled back. Hunter S. Thomspon

[@chiefb8824]

1974 Buick going to hockey sounded good in the back seat .

[@GhostsOfJenova]

Their music has this strange quality. It's like reuniting with a best friend that you've never met before after being apart for years. It's happy, sad, uplifting, melancholic, nostalgic and fresh all at the same time.

[@marybuckson237]

How poetic. Love, love, love your comment ❤️

[@barriedavison7791]

I think your comment just can't be bettered. I think the term is "hitting the nail on the head"

[@TonyEnglandUK]

I was reading an interview with Paul Simon and he said its mainly about himself in the guise of a boxer and how life was throwing him heavy punches. The _"I am leaving"_ part was saying he didn't know how many more he could take but he still remained.

[@marybuckson237]

@@TonyEnglandUK that's cool. But I listen to every song with my favorite line from Guitar Man by Bread. "You find yourself a message and some words to call your own and take them home" . That's why each and every person in my world has a specific ring tone. My daughter is "Sweet Child O' Mine and my son is "Simple Man". From the very first time I heard each, after they were born , it was "their song". We didn't have cell phones in '85 and '91 (most of us in '91), but the minute I found an app ... believe me, each and every time they call, I answer at the last 2nd as I sing along.

[@TonyEnglandUK]

@@marybuckson237 Indeed we do find our own messages. The loud crash noises in the chorus remind me of the sound my Father, an ex-boxer, landed clean punches. Unfortunately for me, his punches were in my direction, too. That still resonates more with me than Paul's own statement about the lyrics.

[@lebriou1]

Oh ! Combien vous avez raison ! Oh, how right you are !

[@MaceWinduDuHuen]

This reverb drum is the one thing that gives the icing on the cake

[@tomlehr861]

I watched intvoew w hal blaine, he explained how he did it

[@samnicholson5051]

It's like the 80s before the 80s.

[@peterkelley6344]

Yes the drum certainly added to the songs mood. But what i think held my attention was the solo trumpet that seem to say: "People, listen to what this story is about. Do you know 'the boxer' AND can you help?" That call to action has never more been needed today.

[@AlexandreJWKlaus]

the live version is missing it and it shows (live in central park)

[@RetroVzqz9313]

@@samnicholson5051 Gated Drums before they were a thing ;)

[@RS-uh7rz]

My father's face got messed up during his brief career as a fighter during The Great Depression. I used a line from this song when I wrote his obituary. His face carried the reminders..

[@FoodNerds]

I’m sorry 😞

[@Purple1984Rain]

Paul's lyrics are so profound and thought provoking. He's up there with Bob Dylan & Lennon/McCartney as one of the best songwriters to come out of the 60's and of course in rock history.

[@madaicchick90srocked17]

I know, I agree and they had lots during then!

[@jamesmcload1137]

+Shane Anthony What's so profound about Lennon? I never understood what people found so great about him.

[@pyro.pistol]

+James McLoad Maybe the fact that he and McCartney wrote just short of 300 songs under the Lennon and McCartney label? Or maybe the fact that his lyrics are simple and catchy, yet also creative and imaginative? Or maybe the fact that he's an incredible singer? Anyone of those reasons and many more.

[@smilingearth5181]

+ArbitraryInsanity They're all incredible songwriters. Simon and Garfunkel pretty much invented Folk Rock and kept defining the standard of the genre, producing distinctly, joyously American music through a time when the US was having a bit of an identity crisis (What with all the Cold War stuff going on...) The Beatles used their experiences like anyone else does in music--but what set them apart is that, with everything they did, they continuously ignored the rules of Pop and Rock music. It's what makes them legendary.

[@shamrockrancher7673]

+James McLoad I agree! I love The Beatles as a band and admittedly, I've always (and probably will continue to do so) under estimated George Harrison both as a guitar player and as a song writer but Lennon? He brought a bit of bawdy, raucousness in songs, lyrics and playing style(s) but he was no heavy weight, by any means, IMHO. When you listen to the second side of Abby Road, which is almost all McCartney, it's magical. When I listen to Lennon's "Shaved Fish" I'm like, 'This guy was in the Beatles? Really???'. I will say Lennon's "Double Fantasy" album was over the top. Truly excellent and one of my favorite albums of all time. Even with Dragon Lady on it.

[@avalondreaming1433]

My fiance died of a sudden heart attack in 2010. He had met his cousin for a game of racketball at a rec center. They played only one game as he said he wasn't feeling well. As he drove away, he began to sing this song. He had a massive heart attack half way there and hit a tree. He won the game btw...

[@jasonbarron3047]

Still the man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest… so true to this day!

[@crmo6526]

In my opinion this is pure musical genius ... both instrumental and lyrical ... A true classic that will stand the test of time

[@djm.326]

Just simply no doubt about it

[@francette19380]

Absolute masterpiece. My favorite.

[@nelsonkwei6654]

These are the kind of music that will go on for generations.

[@adamdorgant9454]

True!!!!

[@philyeoman3131]

Your not wrong a classic feels warming

[@rayshaw5000]

And they are 😉

[@robmclarnon3556]

I'm an old person these days but grew up with this timeless brilliance.

[@charlo5050]

Every turn was superb

[@dawnlynch1021]

My dad has end stage alzheimers. This song will always make me think of my dad the way he was. The amazing dad and man he was. He was a boxer when he was a young man in the army. I cry every time I listen to this song. It is so bittersweet ❤

[@wyattfamily8997]

Why not paly it to him and watch for any response, it's surprising what music can do to those who suffer from that.

[@lisalee4349]

This song got me through one of darkest and loneliest nights of my life in October 1985. Thank God for music. I don't think I'd be alive to tell the story otherwise.

[@peterl.5625]

Thanks Lisa. I know what you mean.

[@martinlynch6764]

Lisa I was bummed out until l read your heartfelt note

[@ThePsychicCellPhones]

I'm happy you're still here. I really am ❤

[@davidpanagotis7505]

This song introduced me to New York. It was playing at 6:00 a.m., on March 15th 1969, as I was finished driving the New Jersey Turnpike in my Mustang, and was crossing the New York City line. I'm not ashamed of it, but I was truly "born again," as my former self exploded into a known cataclysm, along with my car, as I kept on driving, while gazing in wonder at the orange, blue, purple, green and golden skies behind those wonderful skyscrapers and I knew I had found my true home at last. I wasn't a particularly religious person, but I felt love, hope and security at last for once in my life. I was 17.

[@jillye584]

What a lovely story to share, I hope you still feel the same now. I was luck to visit last year on my honeymoon and experienced a little of its magic, I know for certain it will draw me back. Xx

[@comradejosephstalin6886]

Beautiful story, sir. I'm 17 today, I also wish I had some fantastic tale of self-rediscovery I had to tell. Maybe in a few years, who knows what the future holds :)

[@lewisb8634]

+Comrade Joseph Stalin Same, I'd love get on with life and stop having teachers tell me what to do :)

[@Prettywhite4awhiteguy]

to those who are still young. I'm sure I'm not talking out of turn to the original message, enjoy your youth years, learn from the mistakes and victories in your life don't worry about the future, it comes quicker than you can believe and if you spend your time worried about it you won't have stories about your past. 😏

[@dovahkiin1786]

David Panagotis nice to hear. I can't stand big cities though. Too uncivilized.

[@hhg3781]

I don't think I can listen to this song the same way again. This used to be my grandads favourite song. He died recently and when I carried his coffin into the crematorium, the chorus started to play (lie, lie lie) it was beautiful yet heartbreaking at the same time.

[@yurimyszkowski]

touching story, sorry for your loss.

[@danielwalker5682]

keep strong

[@gabrielarizrodriguez3437]

Remenber, be a boxer!

[@sagebabykitchen1926]

reminds me of my dad n many a drunken friday night sing song! although painful at first... music/songs are like happy memories to hold on to... in time u will listen to this song with a sad/happy heart 😘

[@rosilenekraft]

Dad died last year. I had this song on a playlist I'd play for him while I was there with him in the hospital. He had cancer and had a hard time sleeping in his last days. When he listened to music - this song included - he would even have REMs - he was dreaming!

[@etchoserangcath9382]

❤This is the song used to be my husband's the lullaby for kids...from the first child to the fifth ...now he is gone it reminds them how their Dad used to be a great Dad when they was a baby...❤❤❤

[@cyp22]

I am 15 years old, but I think this song not only for last generation, *However time flies, It's an eternal song and will never die!!!* _(When I study, I listen it again and again. Because it gives me motivation to face the problem in life.)_

[@TheAdwatson]

I am 71 and bought the sheet music for the original to play on my guitar. I didn't quite manage it!

[@luluwinke6581]

motivation, as was then and now at this late stage of *L I F E* 1971

[@camplethargic8]

*If-* BY RUDYARD KIPLING If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies, Or being hated, don’t give way to hating, And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise: If you can dream-and not make dreams your master; If you can think-and not make thoughts your aim; If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same; If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken, And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools: If you can make one heap of all your winnings And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And lose, and start again at your beginnings And never breathe a word about your loss; If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve your turn long after they are gone, And so hold on when there is nothing in you Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’ If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings-nor lose the common touch, If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, If all men count with you, but none too much; If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run, Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it, And-which is more-you’ll be a Man, my son!

[@crimsongunner2529]

It's for the Boomers, Gen x'ers and maybe some Millennials

[@padmusica9772]

​@@TheAdwatsonKeep on practicing.I'm 71 like u but only listen to the music not playing any more.

[@josephbrashears8558]

Damn, that fingerpicking run-down in the outro will never get old. Sounds so technical, but in its entirety, it's only three chords. Paul Simon is a master at making a few chords sound like a flurry of notes that must have come from a lot of chord changes. That's the magic of fingerpicking. Simon is definitely one of the best of all time.

[@Escape99100]

It's taken from Travis fingerpicking, a '60 technique by Merle Travis and Chat Atkins

[@eileenbrooks-laitinen9778]

Genius...

[@ankaht]

@@Escape99100 Chet and Merle were imitating the Country blues pickers like Mose Rager, in the same tradition that Mississippi John hurt, Etta Baker, and Elizabeth Cotten grew up around and learned (now frequently called Piedmontblues).

[@-jobrocodwawz-6226]

You have an extremely eloquent way of explaining this, very nicr

[@foto21]

THat's for the history, information and the finger-tip - hardy har.

[@hn8460]

I am in UK. Just in a cross road of my life. Bless you all here.

[@Casey35516]

You also. Peace!!

[@ce244]

Keep going. You will choose the right way, trust yourself. The lyric "In the clearing stands a boxer"; remember that win or lose, at LEAST you fought in life because so many others don't even try. Read "Watch My Back" by Geoff Thompson. You got this. Respect 🙏 to you.

[@andrewforce6516]

It'll get better, mate.

[@minouchetha3lab842]

TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND CHOOSE WITH YOUR HEAD .....MAY GOD GUIDE YOU

[@darrenwebster7535]

Uk here too , you got this (Yorkshire)

[@FranciscoRamos-q9k]

I am 75 and have been battling cancer I’m number 6 of 16 children raised in the projects. I left home very young mentally due to needs but always battling to protect my family. Many hard jobs and caring for my sisters

[@johnhornyak9952]

"The Boxer" is an exquisite masterpiece, more a work of art than just a song. Thank you, Art. Thank you, Paul. Love you guys, from the 1960's through the 2020's, and beyond...

[@jasonl4174]

its even more than a work of art, its also a work of paul!

[@pedroballadares5253]

Here we are on 2-22-2022 and still enjoying this beautiful and deep song!

[@lisadooney6739]

Me too….❤️

[@fernandolamatajimenez6410]

Dulzura...

[@marlenetrimnal4368]

Yes a Masterpiece!

[@renaudmichel1]

I felt into this album as a 16 years old in love with a beautiful girl named Christine. I can still feel he peaceful air, I can smell the wood and see the dimmed lights of the country house where I spent week-ends with Christine and her wonderful family. This music was the soundtrack of some beautiful evenings, of this first pure love. It all feels absolutely like it was yesterday, or even just a few minutes ago. I can almost touch those moments. I open my eyes, and we are in 2024... it was 52 years ago! I have 2 adults children (not with Christine), lights of my life, and a young boy with my new partner, a gift I cherish every day. It just went so freaking fast. Music is a blessing in life, and such a powerful retriever of past moments. Thank you Mr. Paul Simon. This interview is so simple and genial at once.

[@seanconnolly2164]

As someone has already said, "the days may be long but the years fly past"

[@isabellelacerda8480]

My father loved this song with all his heart and he passed away ten years ago. I love you dad, thank you for everything. We live on. Our favorite songs survive.

[@TonyEnglandUK]

Your Father had excellent taste.

[@katenerone9781]

You were the STAR of the show -- bright, beautiful, wild and free. Your vision was taking shape and spinning into stunning tapestries, and you were on your way above and beyond. The Universe was mistaken; you should not have been taken. Every minute of your 28 years is now a little burst of fire in the sky. We will count them, over and over, and sing your name, and weep. But it will never make sense. And we will never stop asking WHY? Wherever you are, you are loved. Whatever you're doing, you are missed. Whenever we meet again, there will never be another goodbye. Farewell, dear Elissa ❤

[@marybuckson237]

My parents were the two best people in the world. I can remember laying on the living room floor on my back looking under the stereo at the moon shaped speakers with the blue glow learning every word to this album. NEVER forgot a single word. Thank God for strict parents keeping me home safe and sound listening to Simon and Garfunkle

[@nicelady2064]

i'm with you my friend my life as well..

[@ceesmith]

When I read moon shaped speakers with the blue glow it gave me a shiver up my back. Thank you :)

[@devinmcg9300]

Mary Reese Yes! Me too! I use to complain that I felt like I was growing up in Fort Knox! LOL!! Now I'm Thankful! Thank You DAD! He passed on 10/5/2017! Missed but taught me well! Respect, appreciate, love!!

[@deannemagee730]

I actually get a little little sad when I hear how people had good parents,if i raised to my hyesst level of human I would never had done jail or taken love for granted.. good on ypur parents lucky you

[@marybuckson237]

@Deanne Magee you're message broke my heart. My parents were so strict. I was the youngest of 4, born into the Roman Catholic faith. My friend's parents were in their 30's. They could do ANYTHING. I spent 3/4 of my teenage years grounded because I wanted their freedom and always got caught. Music was my way to get through those 6 weeks at a time, just to mess up within a week. After becoming a mother, in a shit marriage, I would call them to apologize and thank them for being exactly what I needed. You survived girl and thank God you did

[@thomassmith5835]

One of the best songs ever written.

[@guilhermehomsy674]

One of the goats.

[@kirkdonnelly6450]

Ever

[@WallyVanRiper1]

@@guilhermehomsy674 Whaaaat?

[@daveski7]

@@WallyVanRiper1 GOAT = Greatest of all time.

[@mojoholmes1138]

It is one of most It is the most breaking nice song of the delivery

[@delpuckett]

Thank you Mom for raising me with Good Music :-)

[@shaynegallagher6006]

thank you mom and dad for being to lazy/drunk to buy condoms

[@user-qo6hz4nb2e]

Del Puckett - Guitar too*

[@joshualayton219]

Shayne Gallagher *too

[@orissahudson-worden1785]

Instrumental the boxer

[@kyradohmen3160]

lief

[@musiclover8341]

For me this is the best song ever

[@idk-kn6nw]

I remember as a kid, my mother was (and still is) obsessed with Simon and Garfunkel. Every time I had to do chores, whether it be cleaning the car or my room, she would crank up their music. Now whenever I listen to any of their songs, I always get more work done.

[@christianrichardson8956]

lol same with me except it was the Eagles

[@peanutbutterjellyfish2665]

In the immortal words of the dude. "I hate the f@ckin' eagles, man."

[@Rauoul]

Funny, for my Mom it was The Mamas and Papas. Simon and Garfunkel reminds me of my Dad, and listening to them on 8-track!

[@stv91199]

my mothers was Elvis

[@depecheboy1743]

My mom's was 80's music. Yet I'm into the Beatles and 60's music lol

[@HunterLohseRRVideos]

This song, just as art, is a masterpiece, and then when you actually learn the feat that it took to make this recording what it is, you gain a whole different level of respect for it. This is literally one of the greatest pieces of recorded music in American history.

[@jaberosier9853]

What's the feat?

[@HunterLohseRRVideos]

@@jaberosier9853 Columbia had to get a recorder with more tracks to get every single layer that makes up this composition

[@zarifamohamad]

It truely is one of the absolute greatest. I don't care what anyone says; without art, we would all be doomed.

[@javamanV3]

And yet they still censored it at the Kennedy Center!

[@debiethredge3020]

@@javamanV3why?

[@liorlapid1735]

Paul Simon penned many masterpieces, and this one is the jewel in his crown. One of the greatest songs ever written.

[@TonyEnglandUK]

Superb songwriter. Got into a lot of trouble with Scarborough Fair, though.

[@farrellmcnulty909]

@@TonyEnglandUK How so?

[@TonyEnglandUK]

@@farrellmcnulty909 Paul Simon didn't write Scarborough Fair, it's an old traditional English ballad written centuries ago. Martin Carthy introduced Paul Simon to the song and when Paul recorded it he didn't credit the original ballad, so it looked like he was essentially stealing the song. Obviously it was really just an oversight on Paul Simon's part but there was a lot of trouble over it. Even today, Google replies _"Paul Simon"_ when asked it _"Who wrote Scarborough Fair."_

[@farrellmcnulty909]

@@TonyEnglandUK I had no idea. Thanks, Tony

[@marcuspayne9744]

Bridge over trouble water, too.

[@prophez23]

My dad passed this song to me and now he's gone but in me the fighter remained. I'm now old and nearing the end of my life and it's been one helluva a life and I've passed this song to my son. When I'm gone the fighter will remain.

[@7SomeGuy7]

Beautiful blessings to you and yours stand confident it's only the beginning of an even greater journey 🎉

[@petergreen2552]

Goosebumps EVERY SINGLE TIME. One of THE greatest songs ever written

[@WallyVanRiper1]

You need some serious help.

[@petergreen2552]

@@WallyVanRiper1 Care to elaborate? We're discussing Simon and Garfunkel here not Nickelback.

[@pamelarankin8848]

I never heard them when they were on top, because I was deaf as a door knob. I got fitted with a cochlear 3yrs ago, and found these two, I'm so so happy to hear their fabulous music, I play these two over and over. I'm 81yrs old now. God bless all fans that keep this music alive. Bless Simon and Garfunkel

[@hikerdog8562]

@@petergreen2552 Don't mind Wally. He probably listens to Justin Bieber. In his mother's basement.

[@stk6mkt]

Paul Simon, one of the great musical geniuses of the 20th century.

[@KarlRock]

3:18 Mind blowing

[@samueltheg]

Woah a verified KZbinr!

[@TonyEnglandUK]

@@samueltheg What does that actually mean?

[@LEOxuan]

Hey Karl!!! Didn’t know you would liked Simon and Garfunkel a good taste! Love the channel to, been subscribed for ages! 🎶

[@franciscote9886]

It's an industrial folk song.

[@sulusu4812]

There's power in this melody.

[@davclas]

This week is the anniversary (52yrs) of one of the greatest songs ever written and sung by Simon And Garfunkel. ”The Boxer” was released in March 1969. It would ultimately be a part of their greatest album, The Bridge over Troubled Waters, which would be released the following January 1970. The Boxer has been playing across the Internet this week and I happened to catch it for the first time in many years. It is one of those songs that created an emotional attachment with its listeners and transports them right back to their first contact with it, so many years ago. In my case, I was just finishing up my senior year in high school and had been awarded a scholarship to a college far from my home. I was contemplating the reality of leaving my home and school friends of the last 12 years of my life and going far away from them all for possibly the next 4 years. There were many unknowns facing me in my future. This song came on the radio with cascading notes wrapped around the words “…I am just a poor boy…” and I was immediately drawn in emotionally to it by the dramatic music which had such an urgency about it. The recurring phrase “…Lie-la-lie…” appears in large portions of the song leaving space for deep personal considerations. Paul Simon later said that they were just place holders where lyrics had not yet been formed for the song. In the end, the dramatic effect made the song much more expansive without adding specific lyrics. The songwriter left it to the listeners to fill in their own stories for that portion of the song. The words “…laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was going home…” grabbed me. As I listened, I wondered if I would be that guy or make it in the big, wide world ahead. I felt more attached to the boxer, so knocked down, again and again, and cut up, desiring to leave. He took every hit in every fight and was ready to quit. Still, he remains and we, too, remain. The rest of the song is an empty palette of “…Lie-la-lie…” set with ever expanding crescendos of music, urging us to tell our own story until coming to the final retreat and rest at the end. All of those blank spaces I have now filled after all these years. I am that boxer. I've had many battles in the last 50 years. Lost quite a few. Cut up and shot down, like millions of others before me. Every ‘boom’ of that drum means its time to get back up. Life's final crescendo has come on me, this last week. The VA says that I have Stage 4 Cirrhosis of the Liver. With all the other medical malice’s punching my body at this point, this ‘boxer’ has decided to fight no more. Let the music play on. “… I know in whom I have believed and am persuaded that HE is able to keep that which I have committed unto HIM against that day.” 2Timothy 1:12

[@margaretqueenofscots9450]

God bless you and keep you strong. Your story brought tears to my eyes.

[@Cainer444]

The World thanks you for fighting the Good Fight. May God bless.

[@kenporter1935]

💜 ✌️

[@nickscollection]

i hope you are in a more peaceful place 🙏❤️

[@tritemiowallace4936]

Fos as long as you live you are branded a true fighter. Hang in there man ... best to you and be at peace. I hope there will be someboy by your side when the big moment comes.

[@AnneVogel-f7x]

DIE BESTEN ALLER Zeiten...tausend Dank für die wunderbare Songs...😂❤